Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources / Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them

by Rev. James Wood

It is a great piece of folly to sacrifice the inner for the outer man. Schopenhauer.

It is a great pity when the man who should be the head figure is a mere figure-head. Spurgeon.

It is a great point of wisdom to find out one's own folly. Pr.

It is a great shame to a man to have a poor heart and a rich purse. Cato.

It is a great sin to swear unto a sin, / But a 40 greater still to keep a sinful oath. 2 Hen. VI., v. 1.

It is a great step in finesse to make people under-estimate your acuteness. La Bruyère.

It is a hard winter when one wolf eats another. Pr.

It is a kindly spirit which actually constitutes the human element in man. Schiller.

It is a long lane that has no turning. Pr.

It is a long way from granite to the oyster; 45 farther yet to Plato, and the preaching of the immortality of the soul. Emerson.